Dickstein Shapiro faced its worst year in more than a decade after contingency cases didn’t pull in income and the firm restructured, chairman James Kelly said in an interview. He called 2013 an “investment year.”

Gross revenue declined by $51 million to $207.5 million during 2013, a 20 percent drop. Net income fell even more, by almost 35 percent, from $55 million in 2012 to $36 million in 2013.